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Genus Periclystus Gerstaecker, 1888

  • Periclystus Gerstaecker, C.E.A. 1888. Weitere Beiträge zur Artenkenntnis der Neuroptera-Megaloptera. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein von Neu-Vorpommern und Rügen in Greifswald 19: 89-130 [103].
    Type species:
     Periclystus laceratus Gerstaecker, 1888 by subsequent designation, see Esben-Petersen, P. 1915. Australian Neuroptera. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 40: 56-74 [68] (incorrect subsequent designation of Periclystus callipeplus Gerstaecker, 1888 by <0028> [3])

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N coastal
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin
    • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
  • Papua New Guinea

Distribution References

  • New, T.R. 1985. A new species of Periclystus Gerstaecker (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24: 229-231